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June/July Lite Entry - Everything

Only one tiny detail has changed: dark energy isn't there. Expansion never happened. The big bang's powder got wet and there was a click, but not poof.

If we were there to see the results, the majesty of the result would probably look a lot like that shown below (yes, the scale is way off, but there are certain amount of artistic license that comes into play).

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(There is a picture there; I didn't forget to upload it. I suppose I could embellish the map with borders, scale bar, and all of that, but I think that level of frills would detract from the overall artistic vision.)

(There is a picture there; I didn't forget to upload it. I suppose I could embellish the map with borders, scale bar, and all of that, but I think that level of frills would detract from the overall artistic vision.)

If your premise of a dull big bang happened, there would be no borders, or scale bar to add to the negative infinity picture. LOL